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− | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#999999;"> The devout of Nald'thal render Him worship according to | + | ::<div style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:13px; color:#999999;"> The devout of Nald'thal render Him worship according to His two aspects. Nald governs earthly trade, wealth, and commerce; and Thal governs the underworld and the transactions between the dead and the living. Ghalleon orders his life by these precepts. He is completely orthodox in his theology, and his faith is mature and intellectual. His amassed wealth, to him, is both evidence of Nald's blessing and worship rendered back to Him. Though justice is important as a virtue in its own right, it is especially important to the Traders' faithful, as justice means precisely to give to each person what is his due. The rest and joy of eternal life in Thal's realm is the reward of a life well-lived; and the prospect of being cast into the hells at Thal's hands is a dire warning frequently found on Ghalleon's lips. <br> <br> Ghalleon particularly honors Halone because of his Ishgardian birth. He believes that he is part of Her chosen people; but that his people must remain strictly faithful and virtuous before Her if they are not to be chastised by their severe Patroness. The recent conclusion of the Dragonsong War has invited much controversy in the Holy See, but Ghalleon steadfastly believes that a strong Church means a strong Ishgard. He has no hatred of dragonkind as such and is pleased at the war's end; but he supports the traditional Orthodox doctrine and opposes revisionist reforms. He has gone so far as to write a treatise in defense of tradition. <br> <br> Ghalleon enjoys speaking to the faith of the simple just as well as the learned. His pastoral manner is improving daily. He also enjoys conversations with the heterodox, doubters, and apostate, so long as the discussion is in good faith. He dislikes the scornful, the passive-aggressive, and the dismissive, and will quickly fire back at them in a similar tone. He is also generally a supporter of tradition in general and the pastoral ideals of stability, family and community bonds, marital fidelity, and the rearing of pious children. He is especially hostile to sexual promiscuity displayed towards him or laid as bait in conversation with him. Ghalleon—even as a priest—knows the pull of desire as much as anyone; but he believes that indulgence here attacks not only the integrity of the family but the very root of the virtue of faith/fidelity itself. One who is faithful in small things is faithful in great things also. <br> <br> Ghalleon’s chief method of problem-solving is his intellect combined with his oratory. Any need, problem, or potential conflict he has is an occasion in which he attempts to reason out a favorable conclusion. It is not at all a self-conscious “bartering” or “persuasion”: his instinct that any problem can be talked through by rational people lies very deep in him, and he does not consciously realize that he so frequently takes this path. </div> |
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